Escaping shame: Mary's dilemma and the birthplace of Jesus
The only narratives of Jesus’ birth locate the event in Bethlehem, but the adult Jesus is consistently associated with Nazareth. How do we reconcile these two indisputable facts? Some dismiss Bethlehem as a theologoumenon , a theological fabrication. Others insist on Bethlehem based on the census of...
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| Τύπος μέσου: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Βιβλίο |
| Γλώσσα: | Αγγλικά |
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Leiden Boston
Brill
[2022]
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| Στο/Στη: |
Supplements to Novum Testamentum (187)
Έτος: 2022 |
| Κριτικές: | [Rezension von: Croy, N. Clayton, 1955-, Escaping shame : Mary's dilemma and the birthplace of Jesus] (2023) (Gray, Patrick, 1970 -)
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| Μονογραφική σειρά/Περιοδικό: | Supplements to Novum Testamentum
187 |
| Τυποποιημένες (ακολουθίες) λέξεων-κλειδιών: | B
Βηθλεέμ (μοτίβο)
/ Nazareth
/ Jesus Christus
/ Τόπος γέννησης
/ Βιβλική θεολογία
/ Εξηγητική
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| Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά: | B
Jews
Politics and government
B Birthplaces B Stigma (Social psychology) |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Παράλληλη έκδοση: | Μη ηλεκτρονικά
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| Σύνοψη: | The only narratives of Jesus’ birth locate the event in Bethlehem, but the adult Jesus is consistently associated with Nazareth. How do we reconcile these two indisputable facts? Some dismiss Bethlehem as a theologoumenon , a theological fabrication. Others insist on Bethlehem based on the census of Quirinius. In the present volume, N. Clayton Croy argues that both are wrong. Instead Jesus’ birthplace was determined by the scandalous nature of Mary’s pregnancy, with it being necessary for Mary and Joseph to escape the inevitable shame of an ill-timed conception and decamp to a less hostile environment. In this light, a Bethlehem-born Jesus who grew up in Nazareth should never have been considered problematic |
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| Περιγραφή τεκμηρίου: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 9004370900 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/9789004370906 |